SMC Communications Quantitative Research Article Questions

Quantitative Research Article Worksheet

This section is to help you become familiarized with quantitative research. You will read the article “Binge-watching: A suspenseful, emotional, habit”. This article can be found on Canvas in the Week 5 module. Usethat journal article to answer the questions below.1. What was the purpose of this research study?2. What theory or theories provided the foundation for this study?3. Copy and paste all hypotheses or research questions here.4. Mark each hypothesis or research question in #3 with the following codes: DIF, if the statement orquestion suggests looking for a difference, or REL, if the statement or question suggests looking for arelationship. Similarly, mark each hypothesis or research question with the following codes: DIR, if thestatement or question is directional, or NDIR, if the statement or question is nondirectional. This all canbe done in the section where you copied and pasted the hypotheses and research questions in question#3.5. Underline the independent variable and italicize the dependent variables in each hypothesis or researchquestion that is copied and pasted in question #3.

6. For the first hypothesis, write the corresponding null hypothesis below. Keep it in the same order you have copied and pasted the original hypotheses and/or research questions.